Delicious Dinner! Thanks to Pinterest!

http://www.house344.com/2011/10/crockpot-balsamic-chicken.html

We just had the most delicious crockpot chicken dinner, all thanks to Pinterest!! This is definitely one of the most delicious crockpot recipes I've ever found.

I made it just as it said. The only changes I made were that I used specialty oil and vinegar for it. We have a local oil and vinegar shop that get fresh oils, most of which are organic, and delicious! I used a Tuscan Olive oil with a traditional Balsamic vinegar from the shop. The Tuscan oil just has extra flavoring to it, I often eat it as salad dressing. Anyways, here's a little plug for my friends at the shop! If you're ever this way visit OV Harvest! Here's their Facebook site:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/OV-Harvest/277208849062148?fref=ts

My house smelled amazing all day. The flavor of the chicken was great, and it was so tender it was falling apart and melted in your mouth while you ate it.

Here was the less exciting part of our dinner:

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/

This recipe sounds amazing, but it wasn't. I even used another specialty oil (garlic infused organic), and they were still just eh. They really were just flavorless potatoes that took a lot of work to make! Maybe I needed to use different spices or something, but personally I would prefer a good old fashioned baked potato over these. So don't waste your time with this one. 

I'm loving all the recipes I get off of Pinterest! Tomorrow I'll attempting crockpot sugar cinnamon almonds. We'll see how it goes...until next time...happy pinning!

Plum Pickin' - My new favorite website for awesome!

WOOHOO!!! OH MY GOSH! YAY!!!! AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

Ok, what's got me screaming, you ask?

Only my new favorite website!

www.pickyourplum.com

Yeah, I know, weird name, right? But I love it! It's a daily deals type site, but with awesome stuff instead of knock off Ugg boots and D&G purses (gag)!

Everyday they have 1 special (on rare occasion they have multiples) and when it sells out it's gone, and everything is cheap! Ok, not cheap, correction, everything is inexpensive. It can't be cheap when it's this awesome!

So this is why I'm really excited, sometimes they have GRAB BOXES!!! I'm not normally one to purchase mystery items, but I knew this would be something awesome! $30 + 5.95 shipping and you get a big box of awesome! And awesome it is! So I wanted to post about all the great stuff I got!

I know you're also saying "What the heck does this have to do with Pinterest!?!" The majority of their stuff is bare bones crafty stuff, so you hop on Pinterest, type in something like "Cupcake Wrappers" and see what kind of nifty craft things you can do with them!

See pictures below, and be jealous. Then pick your own plums!

• Cupcake boxes
• Little girls pink sparkly boots
• little girls lace leggings
• Women's long sleeve shirt
• Super cute tan glittery scarf

• Raffia
• Cupcake wrappers
• Hook shaped like a dress form with a hook (great for jewelry or just your robe)
• Rub ons
• stickers
• Other girls sweater leggings (which I'm psyched because they're just big enough for me!)
• Jute Square basket
• Door knocker shaped like a key made from cast iron
• Bottle caps
• Lace type ribbon stuff
• KNOBS AND THEY'RE SO ADORABLE!!!!
• Little canvas gift bags
• Chicken wire basket plant hanger
• Plain rings to create your own jewelry
• Big, heave, awesome iron handles. So many ideas in my brain for these!

Here's my favorite! Personalized ribbon that says "Happy Holidays from the Abel Family!" AMAZING!

Just wanted to show off my handles and door knocker some more! This is great because I actually went to order the door knocker and they were sold out! Clearly, I was meant to have it!

Here's some jewelry and more jewelry making supplies.

More jewelry and jewelry making supplies. Those are earrings and a bracelet, and they would be very easy to add things to them. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them yet, but I'm sure I can Pinterest up some ideas!!

So go there, check out what they have, and be addicted, I know I am!!